2014 Legislative Cracker Barrel – Coffee Sessions

Not everyone can make a trip to Pierre to have a conversation with your legislator. Legislative Coffees and Cracker Barrels are opportunities to visit with your area legislators face to face and close to home. Along with letters, phone calls, and emails, this is another tool to ask questions, present information to your legislator, and find out what they are thinking about an issue. They are free and open to the public. The format is a bit different in each location. Please wear RED to visually let your legislators know you are there to ask them to STOP COMMON CORE in SD. This also helps us connect and network with one another, especially at larger events. Remember, we don’t have a lobbyist taking care of this for us in Pierre. We all need to connect with them personally, while uniting with one another to make our voices heard. You are making a difference! Your presence is impressive to the legislators. The reach of our email lists are limited. Please forward through your networks and post on your social media sites.

Saturday, February 1, there are legislative coffees and cracker barrels being held in Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Brookings, Hot Springs, Platte, Spearfish, Springfield, Vermillion, Wagoner, Watertown, and Yankton. Check the following list for more details. If you live in one of these areas, please consider attending this Saturday to keep the momentum of the last week building.

Aberdeen

Sessions will be held in the Centennial Rooms of Northern State University on the following dates from 10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Sessions are open to the public.

Saturday, February 8th

Saturday, February 22nd Saturday, March 1st

Belle Fourche

Saturday, February 22nd from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at the Belle Inn (2511 5th Avenue)

Contact Rita Pazour at Belle Fourche Chamber of Commerce for more information

(892-2676)

Brandon

Saturday, February 15th from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Bethany Meadows there will be a Chamber Legislative Coffee.

Brookings

Three cracker barrels will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the City County Building.

For information contact at 692-6125 or heidi@brookingschamber.org

Saturday, February 1st

Saturday, February 15th

Saturday, March 1st

Burke

Saturday, February 22nd – time and location unknown at this time.

For info: gregorynews@gregorynews.com or 605-835-8089

Canton

Saturday, February 8th from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Pizza Ranch (719 East 5th Street)

For information contact Chamber of Commerce at 764-7864 or lisa.canton@iw.net

Chamberlain

Saturday, February 15, 10:00 am at the Gateway West

Contact Chamberlain/Oacoma Chamber of Commerce at 234-4416 or Mike at chamber@midstatesd.net for more information

Custer

Saturday, February 8th from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Senior Center

Contact Custer Chamber of Commerce at 673-2244 or Custer County Chronical at 673-2217

Deadwood

Contact City of Deadwood, Diana, at 578-2600 or Deadwood Chamber of Commerce at

578-1876 or martz@deadwood.org

Edgemont

Contact Edgemont Chamber of Commerce at 662-5900 or

Edgemontchamber@gwtc.net

Hill City

Saturday, February 8th from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on the 3rd floor of the Super 8 Motel

Contact Hills City Chamber of Commerce at 574-2368 or info@hillcity.com

Hot Springs

Saturday, February 1st at 1:30 p.m. at the Hot Springs School District Administrative Building

Contact Hot Springs Star at 745-4170 or hsstar@lee.net

Huron

“Coffee with the Legislators” are scheduled for the following dates starting at 9:00 a.m. at the Huron City Hall commission room. These are free to the public.

Saturday, February 8th

Saturday, February 22nd

Saturday, March 8th

Kimball

Saturday, February 15th at 1:30 p.m.

For location contact Chamberlain/Oacoma Chamber of Commerce at 234-4416 or mike at chamber@midstatesd.net

Madison

Saturday, February 8th from 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Madison City Hall in the city commission meeting room (116 West Center St). This is open to the public and everyone is encouraged to attend.

Mitchell

Saturday, February 22nd beginning at 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Mitchell Technical Institute Amphitheater located at 1800 East Spruce Street.

Newell

Possibly Saturday, February 22nd…

Call Sabrina Harmon at 381-9136 for more information

Foothills Area (Piedmont)

Saturday, February 8th, at the American Legion Post 311 in Piedmont from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m.

The Post is located at 101 Pine Street and is at the intersection of Pine and Sturgis Road.

Onida

Friday, February 14th at 10 a.m. the Sully Area Library located at the school.

For more information, contact Marileen Tilberg at the Onida Watchman, Inc. 605-258-2604

Pierre

Saturday, February 8th, beginning at 9 a.m. the Pierre Area Chamber of Commerce will host a Legislative Cracker Barrel in the chamber’s Community Room (800 West Dakota Avenue)

Platte

Saturday, February 1st, at 12:30 p.m. at the Pizza Ranch.

Rapid City

These will be held at the South Dakota School of Mines New Classroom Building from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. and they are free and open to the public.

Saturday, February 1st

Saturday, February 22nd

Saturday, March 1st

Redfield

Saturday, February 17th at 2:00 p.m. at the Historic CNW Train Depot in Redfield. Refreshments provided by Redfield Tourism.

Sioux Falls

Legislative Coffees scheduled from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on the following dates: